[danabramov]

There you go: http://jsfiddle.net/Q2KXu/1/

[syntern]

Thank you both! I now have a much better understanding on how React works. I need to update the related performance benchmarks, it would be interesting to see how they compare side-by-side on our use cases.

[danabramov]

Don't forget [PureRenderMixin][1], it can give a big perf boost when used in right places.

[1]: http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/pure-render-mixin.html